SAX smoky denim eyeshadow quintette review, swatches

DISCLAIMER: Products were provided for review by SAX Cosmetics. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this review and the views expressed are solely my own.  

A few days before my original SAX reviews were set to publish, I received an email from Sweaty Betty PR. Ooh, how exciting! They offered to send me the Sultry Eyes kit for review...

...which I didn't get. Instead, the Smoky Denim kit landed in my mailbox, but that'll do.

estee lauder pure color illuminating powder gelee in modern mercury review, swatches

What a ridiculously long title!!! Anyway meet Modern Mercury, a gorgeously glinting pinky peachy champagne highlighter. Actually, scratch that- it's more than just a highlighter, it's an eyeshadow too but I don't care so much about that part haha. It's also already wormed it's way to "stay in my life forever" status because it's just so pretty!

new (liquid) hair!

Before

When was the last time I said anything about my hair? Oh, that's right, when I went all Manic Panic Pink on it, and that wasn't very interesting because I've been pink before. The last actual cut I had was the heart monitor blip fringe by my usual stylist (Jimmy F from Colour Cosmetica) with an undercut, but that had been left to run wild for like 2 months...

Enter Liquid Hair. They sent out a tweet asking if anyone would like to be a hair model and in the name of education (and a style update) I jumped at the chance.

Also it has taken entirely too long to write this post.

we have a winner! benefit the porefessional

Congrats Freya! You have 48 hours to respond to my email, otherwise it'll be drawn again.

Freya said:

In the morning I use Dermalogica Clay Cleanser, Toner and Active Moist, then I take one horrified look in the mirror and slap on foundation then I take a deep breath. I think that I would incorporate the Porefessional for sure because I am disgustingly obsessed with hating on my pores and I'm worried that if I don't stop moaning, "do my pores look huge in this light? AM I A MONSTER?" I will literally have NO friends left.

Missed out? Don't worry, there will be more giveaways in the future! Just keep an eye on my blog :)

tutorial time: blue ombre lip

And this just about wraps up my ABC coverage! Except for the endless stream of reviews and swatches and things T___T haha! Here's the blue lip that I did on Jac, though you don't have to use a blue-purple gradient, nor these lipstick I'm using. If you did it with nudes, it'd look fab and contour the lips and make them look plump-a-riffic!

Hit it for more pics and a text tutorial if for some reason you're on dial up or something and have exceeded your downloads and have to not be on youtube or something :3

ciccone cosmetics voluptas, athena lipsticks, zeus lip gloss review, swatches

DISCLAIMER: Products were provided for review by Ciccone Cosmetics. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this review and the views expressed are solely my own. 

...So the ABC coverage and reviews continue! Also found in the goodie bags was a little lipstick pouch from Ciccone Cosmetics, sealed with a hot pink kiss. From luck of the draw, I received Hera and Athena, but ended up swapping Hera for Sakura's Voluptas. The packaging is undeniably cute- pink and sparkly, also known as two things I love. It could have come with a free kitten though to tick all the boxes...

tutorial time: my regular day look

Another video! I'm still trying to figure out how my editing should go like. >_< Wah!
Also, I was totally going to talk but it was disgusting and raspy due to pre-mentioned infection. By the way I know there's a ton of Benefit in there, but I wear this all the time to work when I can't be bothered thinking of something new. :P I AM ALSO HEAPS SORRY FOR THE INCONSISTENT LIGHTING I SUCK. But at least my wallpaper is a nicer background than my bathroom.

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